David hunt



D. HUNT. Jr.

Veloeipede.

Patnted Sept. 22, 868.

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Letters Patent No. 82,319, dated September 22, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN VELOGIPEDES.

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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

That I, DAVID HUNT, Jr., of the city and county of Worcester, andCommonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Velocipedes; and I do declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, inwhich I Figure 1 represents a plan view of my improved velocipede.

Figure 2 represents a section on line A-B on fig.;1.

To enable those skilled in the art to whichmy invention belongs tomakeand use the same, I will proceed to describe it more in detail.

The nature of my invention'consists,first, in combining the seat withhinged supports and the crank-shaft, as will be hereafter explained;second, in the peculiar manner of making the frame, as will be hereafterexplained.

In the drawings, A is ashaft, of iron or other metal, to the ends ofwhich are fixed wheels B B, and in its centre is a crank, C.

On the shaft A is mounted a frame, D, which is, in this instance, madeby bending a piece of wood ins. half circle, and carrying the endsforward, where they are brought together, and fastened into the metalliccap, E, as shown in the drawings. This frame D is hung upon the shaft Abymeansof the journal-boxes F F, at the inner sides of the wheels B B.

Upon the frame D is placed a chair or seat, G, supported by thestandards H H, between which it can rock freely, being connected tothe-upper ends'of said standards by pivotsl, which pass through ears aa, upon the metallic piece'P, fastened to the bottom of the chair i Theforward part of the chair-seat G is connected to the crank, 0, upon theshaft A, by means of the hinged connecting-rod K and piece L, as fullyindicated in fig. 2 of the drawings.

Through the metallic cap, E, passes the vertical standard M, provided atits lower end with a guide-wheel, N, and at the top with a cross-bar, 0,upon which to rest the feet, the ends 6 being flattened and curvedsuitably for that purpose.

, Operation.

The operator, sitting in the chair-seat G, places his feet upon the ends6 b of the cross-bar O; Then, by rocking the body backward and forward,the crank, O, is operated by. the connecting-rod K, and the velooipedeis thereby set in motion, and by pressing the feet on the ends 6 b ofthe cross-bar O with an even pressure, the velocipede will be guided ina straight line, while, if more pressure he applied to one end of thecross-bar 0 than to the other, the standard M and guide-wheel N will beturned either to the right or left, as the case may be, and thevelocipede guided in'a corresponding direction.

In lieu of having the chair-seat G hinged to the top of the'standards HH, the standards may be reversed, and the forked ends of the standardsfastened to the bottom of the chair-seat, while their other ends arepivoted to the frame D. I Again, in lieu of hinging the connecting-rod Kto the piece L, an arm may be attached to the bottom of the chair, thelower end thereof extending downward to a point nearly on a line withthe crank-shaft, to which it is to be attached by a connecting-rod. Bythis arrangement, a less motion of the chair is requiredto operate thecrank. 1

It will be seen that the velocipede is propelled by a simpleback-and-forth or rocking motion of the chair, thus enabling theoperator to propel the velocipede without-using his hands.

The rocking-motionof the chair adds very much to the pleasure derivedfrom the use of the velocipede, thus rendering my improvements verydesirable, and of much practical value.

Having described my improved velocipede, what I claim therein as new andof my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv 1. Thecombination of the seat G with the braces or standards Hand the crank orsupporting-shaft A, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The peculiarly-constructed frame D, in combination with the cap, E,nxleA, and chair G, substantially as and for the purposes-set forth.

3. The combination of the standards H H and .piece P, having ears a a,with the chair-seat G and frame 1), substantially as and for theQnr'poses set forth.

4. A velocipede, the parts of which are constructed and combinedtogether substantially-as shown and described.

DAVID HUNT, J R.

Witnesses:

'lnos. H. DODGE, CHAS. H. BURLEIGH-

